For most people, a download speed of 500 Mbps is enough to watch Netflix, YouTube, or even play games. However, most internet service providers (ISPs) offer speeds up to 1000mbps for personal use and up to 10gbps for companies. However, in Japan, they’ve decided that this is not enough, so they broke the internet speed record… by a lot! Keep on reading to discover more!
Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology breaks the internet speed record!
Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has just broken the internet speed record. They have managed to revolutionize the fiber-optic cable by making a 19-core version of it. By using this cable, they were able to reach an internet speed of 1.02 petabits per second.
The most impressive part? They managed to keep the cables the same size as the fiber-optic cables already in use. So the current infrastructure wouldn’t have to be changed much. The technology has been used to successfully transmit data over 1800+ kilometers, showing that it would be usable for intercontinental data transmission.
What can you do with this type of download speed?
The internet speed of 1.02 petabits per second is more than 16 million times the speed of India’s average download speed. Another comparison is that it is about 3.5 million times the speed of the average American household. Still not clear how fast the internet speed actually is? Don’t worry, we’ve compared it to something that might help you realize it. The internet speed is enough to download the entire Netflix catalog, all of its shows and movies, in less than a second.
It might sound amazing to be able to download anything you want in less than a millisecond; however, it won’t be available for people just yet. This type of data transfer speed will probably be used by governments and maybe in the future, even for AI purposes!